gelding
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Goodie Two Shoes, trained by Ireland's Joseph O'Brien and ridden by Wayne Lordan, finished in second place, with English gelding Middle Earth in third.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
She rode the gelding to victory at the Group 1 Caulfield Cup last month -- the first woman to win that race in its 149-year history -- and will start from an ideal barrier eight.
From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025
Danish, fresh from politically gelding Roy in public, recognizes this advantage too.
From Salon • Jan. 3, 2024
Mongolian Groom, a 4-year-old gelding, was euthanized after breaking his left hind leg in the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita in California.
From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2023
We looked him up in the programme from the number on the groom’s arm and it was listed a black gelding named Japalac.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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